Samsung Set For Another Quarter Of Record Profits As HTC Falters

Samsung has impressed analysts and investors with its latest guidance for operating profit in the third-quarter, saying it expects to have earned between 9.9 trillion won and 10.3 trillion won ($9.2 billion and $9.6 billion). That's up from 8.06 trillion won last year and marks another record performance in operating profit. It had posted an operating profit of $7 billion in the second quarter of 2013.